Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
'Please manage and fund our climate retreat'
A year on from Cyclone Gabrielle and devastating Anniversary Day floods in Auckland, the new Government and councils remain mired in a pass-the-parcel and make-it-up-as-they-go-along approach to preparing for and responding to climate-change-driven weather catastrophes.
Owners of thousands of now-unliveable homes remain stranded between councils, insurers and the Government, all of whom are trying to offload costs to the each other and the victims. Meanwhile, planners and consenters are still merrily approving new homes on flood plains and avoiding expensive decisions on bigger, better and…
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